When Iambe met Tom - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

0 posted 2001-06-17 08:16 AM

When Iambe met Tom

the Windy city met its name
the cold biting into her
and before she found her way to
the Auto Show,
she needed a warmth to enter her
bones

usually attuned to
alcoholic rest stops, she
turned instead into the
small coffee shop, and for a
moment, thought she
was recognized by Tom, the
way he looked up and
his face caught in frozen
memory

he said “have a seat?”
she dropped her knapsack and sat,
“do I know you?”

“No, but you use to.”

he ordered up a coffee like she
used to drink, heavy with Irish cream

Iambe sipped it for the first time

“do you still read McKuen?”

and she softly said, so as not to
shock him awake,

“not any more.  Did she ever dance?”

his great brown eyes blinked, slowly
teared, he blinked once more,
then in a husky voice, said

“then, you are
       too good
                to be true,”

the silence became a bond,

of two strangers

she sipped the hot coffee, laced with
his memories and
her Irish cream
and thought that the girl must have been
a lady who read McKuen softly

she watched as he fingered a copy of
coming close to the earth

he whispered “I marked my book
with the notations I put in hers,”

then he looked up at her again, his
tears now dry, and said “yes, she
danced very well.”

Iambe drained the coffee, grateful
for the creamy reminder of
somebody’s other times

stood up, and said

“she probably still reads McKuen.”

she thanked him for
the warmth

and left to see what she might find
at the Auto Show.

[This message has been edited by Decaflame (edited 06-17-2001).]

Cerenity
Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

1 posted 2001-06-17 07:32 PM

Hi Decaflame,

I really enjoyed this, very nice.

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

2 posted 2001-06-17 10:16 PM

Interesting tale, Decaflame.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-06-17 11:28 PM

I like your story line very much. Interesting. Joyce

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2001-06-18 03:37 AM

Ah, a bedtime story, thank you

~*~ Remember to tell someone today that you love them as tomorrow may never come ~*~

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

5 posted 2001-06-18 08:00 AM

(chuckling)

Sounds like Iambe has evolved again...

Nicely told.... and an enjoyable read.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

6 posted 2001-06-18 09:36 AM

Nicely told tale.

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

7 posted 2001-06-18 02:26 PM

usually attuned to
alcoholic rest stops, she
turned instead into the
small coffee shop, and for a
moment, thought she
was recognized by Tom, the
way he looked up and
his face caught in frozen
memory
a wonderful storyteller you are.

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

8 posted 2002-09-26 02:29 PM

An older Iambe, perhaps?

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.